Monthly Archives: August 2004

Feeling Old in a Good Way

Last night I Netflixed (it’s not quite renting, is it?) a film I haven’t seen since it was on TV when I was a kid: The French Connection. Filmed in 1971, it really brought back my childhood: the so-called “New … Continue reading

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The Highest Form of Patriotism

I went through Union Square today as the protest march was coming back down Broadway (it made a big circle). Can’t say what was happening in Midtown but the scene there was peaceful and optimistic.

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Mice, Hookers and Pies

The Manchester Union Leader published a column earlier this week by former editorial page editor Bernadette Malone, solemnly warning RNC delegates that NYC protesters… …plan to release swarms of mice in New York City to terrorize delegates to the National … Continue reading

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Today’s Clips

David Brooks, the junior member of the minority party on the Times Op-Ed page, had me nodding along in his column about John Kerry this morning. His basic point was that Kerry’s Vietnam-era speeches were passionate and full of conviction, … Continue reading

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Prince on Joni Mitchell

In an excellent article and interview in the Rocky Mountain News, Prince weighed in on Joni Mitchell: “I love all Joni’s music,” he says, adding that he does her songs “just to keep her name out there. Joni’s music should … Continue reading

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RNC Not Welcome

Sticker on a bathroom door at the Parkside Lounge on Houston Street: Dear President Bush, If Crawford, Texas, is ever attacked, I promise not to come there and throw a party.

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Guitar Heroines, Or Lack Thereof?

bobhowe pointed me to a piece in today’s Washington Post, by David Segal: “No Girls Allowed? In the World of Guitar Boasts, Few Women Let Their Fingers Do the Talking.” The author cites the presence of only two women on … Continue reading

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“People Who Fix Saws”

The Saw Doctors played an all-too-brief free outdoor show at Lincoln Center tonight, and as usual completely tore the place apart. The audience was a strange mixture of hardcore fans singing all the words and waving Galway football colours, and … Continue reading

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Digital Horseshit

I ranted about this to friends (and on amazon.com) a while back, but I continue to run into people who think Digital Fortress, by Dan Brown (author of The DaVinci Code, which as much as I despise the Catholic church, … Continue reading

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